Cinedigm Acquires all North American Distribution Rights to Festival Favorite HOLY LANDS
January 23 2019 - 2:58PM
Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced today it has acquired all North
American rights to HOLY LANDS from STUDIOCANAL. Cinedigm will
release the picture in select theaters, on demand and digital in
mid-2019, with a Blu-ray™ and DVD release to follow later in the
year. The film already has generated extensive interest and awards
following a series of screenings including DTLA Film Fest (Winner,
Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography), Harvard
University (with author/writer/director Amanda Sthers and Rosanna
Arquette in attendance), and, just last week, the Miami Jewish Film
Festival (Southeast premiere).
Filmed on location in Israel, Belgium, and New
York, the picture stars James Caan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rosanna
Arquette, Tom Hollander, and Efrat Dor and was written and directed
by Amanda Sthers, who also wrote the book. The picture was produced
by PM SA.
HOLY LANDS is a book-based property (to be
published in English by Bloomsbury this month) about a
Jewish-American cardiologist, Harry (Caan), who leaves everything
behind and moves to the Holy Land to become a pig farmer. He
leaves his estranged son David (Rhys Meyers), a successful gay
playwright; his daughter Annabelle (Dor), a perpetual student; and
his ex-wife (Arquette), who reflects on their love story after
learning that she is terminally ill. Harry must face these
life changing circumstances head-on with the “enemy” of his farm,
rabbi Moshe Cattan (Hollander), as the two embark on an
enlightening journey of friendship.
“We are thrilled to be releasing HOLY LANDS,” said Yolanda
Macias, Cinedigm’s Executive Vice-President of Acquisitions. “This
family saga is filled with heart and we know it will resonate not
only with Jewish communities, but also with fans of the cast and
Amanda.”
Amanda Sthers commented, “I am very excited to be working
alongside Cinedigm for the North American release of HOLY LANDS.
This film is about what is left unsaid, and this exists in every
family around the world.”
The deal was negotiated by Josh Thomashow, Director of
Acquisitions for Cinedigm, and Loubna Berrada, International Sales
Manager, on behalf of STUDIOCANAL.
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ABOUT STUDIOCANAL STUDIOCANAL, a 100%
affiliate of CANAL+ Group held by Vivendi, is Europe’s leader in
production, right acquisition, distribution and international sales
of feature films and TV series. STUDIOCANAL operates directly in
all three major European markets, France, the United Kingdom and
Germany, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. STUDIOCANAL owns
one of the most important film libraries in the world, boasting
more than 6,500 titles from 60 countries, including the iconic
Terminator 2, Breathless, Mulholland Drive and Belle de jour.
STUDIOCANAL’s recent film releases include the worldwide box
office hit and BAFTA nominated Paddington 2, the Liam Neeson
starrer The Commuter, Early Man from Oscar-winning Nick Park, and
Mike Newell’s The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie
Society starring Lily James.
Upcoming films backed by STUDIOCANAL include Radioactive
co-financed by Amazon Studios starring Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie
and The Secret Garden based on the beloved novel starring Colin
Firth and Julie Walters, both in post-production. The company will
release the highly anticipated sequel Shaun the Sheep Movie:
Farmageddon, currently in production at Aardman.
STUDIOCANAL is actively developing and distributing high-end TV
series through its network of award-winning European production
companies, including Tandem Productions in Germany (Crossing
Lines, Spotless), the UK’s RED Production Company (The
Five, Happy Valley), Scandinavia’s SAM created by Soren
Sveistrup and Adam Price (Borgen, The Killing), and Spain’s
BAMBÚ.
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